Many ‘street butchers’ arrested during Eid days to be deported

25/08/2018

Some Asian and Arab expats had set up their own temporary slaughterhouses at their residences to make a fast buck. They are in violation of residence rules so they will be deported, say the relevant authorities

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 25: The Ministry of Interior during a campaign in residential areas are said to have arrested a number of unlicensed butchers for slaughtering sacrificial ‘sheep’ on the occasion of the Eid Al-Adha festival, reports Al-Anba daily

. A security source said these butchers will be deported from the country for violating the residence law because those who have been arrested have nothing to do with the work of a butcher.

On the other hand, the Hawally police raided an unlicensed slaughterhouse in the area and arrested a number of expatriates. The campaign was organized by the Interior Ministry on the first day of the Eid based on instructions given by the Assistant Undersecretary for Public Security Affairs at the Ministry of Interior Major- General Ali Madi.